Box or drawer for filing cards



Jan. 22, 1929.

F. E. MILLER BOX OR DRAWER FOR FILING CARDS Filed April 25, 1928 F: E".Mg sr Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

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FREDERICK EDV TARD MILLER, 01*? GREEN BAY, 'WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TONORTHERII GORRUGATING 00., F GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

BOX 0R DRAWER FOR FILING CARDS.

A pIication filed April 25,

This invention relates to a boxer drawer for filing cards.

Objects of this invention are to provide a box or drawer which soconstructed that it will rcadilyreceive filing cards, and is providedwith a top formed of slidably related parts, one of which is hinged sothat the box top may be elevated to a vertical position and may beshifted so that it does not project upwardly as high as it ordinarilywould, and a further object is to provide means for receiving anoverlapping portion of the top when it is so elevated to a verticalposition to prevent the top from falling down over the box.

Further objects are to provide a card receiving box which is soconstructed that 11;

may be readily formed of metal, which has I a very small number ofparts, and which is extremely easy to operate.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings inwhich:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the box showing thetop in closed position, and in dotted lines showing the top higure 2 isa sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the box comprises ametal body portion 1 of rectangular contour, which has a rear finger 2struck from its rear wall and providing an outwardly projecting clip forthe reception of a portion of the top in a manner hereinafter to appear.This clip or tongue preferably has a rounded upper end as indicated at 2in Figure 1.

The top comprisesa lower portion 3 which is hinged to the body of thebox by means of the downwardly turned ears 4:, such ears being securedby rivets 5 which are not drawn up tight, but which permit free rockingmotion. The portion 3 of the top is provided with an elongated slot 6Within which a rivet 7 carried by the upper portion 8 of the top isslidably received. This rivet is provided with heads on'opposite sidesso as to hold the parts 3 and 8 locked together. Preterably, the mainportion 8 of the topis provided with a beaded forward edge 9 to facilitate opening of the box. The bottom portion 3 of the top is providedwith an overhanging downturned rear end 10 which abuts the rear face ofthe back wall of the box when the top is in open position.

1923. Serial No. 272,659.

In using the device, the top is swung to vertical position, as shown indotted lines in Figure 1, and the main portion 8 thereof is sliddownwardly or telescoped upon the por tion 3, so that the rear end ofthe main por tion Slits within the clip 2 or" the rear tongue. Thislooks the top against closing motion and at the same time, lessens theextent of projection of the elevated top.

This is a very desirable condition, as it does not have such a highprojecting portion for the top when open and also as it looks the topagainst closing. When it is desired to close the box it is a simplematter to catch the curved beaded end of the top and pull it upwardlyand thereafter to close the boxin the usual manner.

It will be seen that a very simple type of card receiving box has beenprovided, and it is to be distinctly understood that the box isapplicable both to an ordinary type of box or to a drawer type withoutdeparting from the spirit of this invention. Therefore, although theinvention has been described in considerable detail, such description isintended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may bevariously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be adetermined as claimed.

I claim:

1. A box for filing cards comprising a rec tangular body portion adaptedto receive the cards, a top composed of a lower member and an uppermember, the lower member having hinged connections adjacent its rearwith the body of the box and the upper member being slidably related tothe lower member.

2. A box for filing cards comprising a body portion adapted to receivethe cards, a twopart top, the under portion of which is provided withdownturned ears pivotally joined to the body of the box, the upperportion of the top extending the full distance from said pivotaljunction to the opposite side of the box and being slidably-held to thelower portion of the top, said top being adapted to be rocked tovertical position, and the upper portion being adapted to slidedownwardly when in vertical position.

3. A box for filing cards comprising a body portion adapted to receivethe cards, a two-part top,the under portion of which is provided withdownturned ears pivotally joined to the body of the box, the upperportion of thetop extending the full distance from said pivotaljunotionto' the opposite side of the box and being slidably held to the lowerportion of the top, said top being adapted to be rocked to verticalposition, and the upper portion being adapted to slide downwardly whenin vertical position, and a clip carried by the rear wall of the box andadapted to receive the end of the downwardly slid upper portion when thetop is in elevated position, whereby said top is locked in elevatedposit-ion.

4. A box forreceiving cards comprising a body portion having astruck-out tongue, said tongue being bent rearwardly and upwardly andforming a clip, a composite top having a portion hin edly mounted uponthe body of the box an provided with a rear -overhanging lip adapted tocontact with the FREDERICK EDWARD aniwlllli

